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U.K. to trim Airbus A400M order

CORRECTION: Bloomberg now says the U.K. will take part in the loan program.

The U.K. will trim its order for 25 Airbus A400M military transports by up to three planes in reaction to increased costs, Bloomberg reported Monday.

To salvage the A400M program, European customer nations agreed earlier this month to, among other things, increase the contract price by 2 billion euros and provide another 1.5 billion euros in exchange for a a cut of future export sales. The U.K. will contribute to the $1.5 million, a government spokesman told Bloomberg.

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